Korean Government to Adapt Seniors' Oral Histories Into Webtoons
The initiative marks a government-backed effort to preserve intangible cultural heritage through popular digital formats like webtoons, directly involving academic institutions and young researchers in the documentation process.
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The Korean Heritage Service has launched a project to document the lives of residents aged 75 to 90 in depopulation-risk areas, with the stories to be turned into webtoons and short videos. Agreements have been signed with 10 universities, and over 100 students and researchers will participate in collecting oral histories as digital resources.
The Korean Heritage Service announced on June 23 that it has signed agreements with 10 university departments and research institutes for the inaugural K-Intangible Cultural Heritage Knowledge Resource Basic Survey project. The project will document the oral histories of residents aged 75 to 90 living in areas at risk of depopulation, and the collected material will be adapted into webtoons, short videos, and other digital content. More than 100 students and young researchers from universities including Seoul National University, Kangwon National University, and Chungbuk National University will participate. The agency and universities will establish regional research networks to share the archives and promote Korea's intangible cultural heritage.
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